The road Rex traveled: Photos from Tillerson’s time as secretary of state

President Donald Trump on Tuesday decided to remove Rex Tillerson as secretary of state after just over a year in the position. Though he and Trump didn’t always agree on foreign policy, Tillerson traveled across the world to meet with foreign leaders and dignitaries, most recently making the rounds to African countries. Pictured here are a selection of his many foreign trips as secretary of state.

Tillerson speaks after being sworn in as Secretary of State as President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office on Feb. 1, 2017.

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Tillerson signs a guest book before a meeting with Jordanian foreign minister in Amman on Feb. 14.

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Olukunle Bamgbose, the permanenty secretary in Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, walks with Tillerson as he arrives in Abuja, Nigeria on March 12.

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Tillerson tours an anti-poaching forensic lab at the Kenya Wildlife Service in Nairobi on March 11.

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Tillerson attends a press conference at San Martin Palace, State Department headquarters, in Buenos Aires, on Feb. 4, as part of his five-nation tour of Latin America and Jamaica.

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Tillerson talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer as they wait for Trump’s welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi on Nov. 12, 2017.

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Tillerson attends a meeting with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 30, 2017.

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Tillerson receives a “hongi” from a Maori elder during a Maori welcome at Premiere House in Wellington on June 6, 2017.

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Tillerson arrives at the Vatican on May 24, 2017.

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Tillerson arrives for a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Prime Minister’s residence in New Delhi on Oct. 25, 2017.

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Tillerson arrives for a meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries on April 10, 2017 in Lucca, Tuscany.

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Tillerson gestures next to the president of National Parks Eugenio Brear on the top of the Cerro Campanario mountain, 17 km from Bariloche, Rio Negro province, Argentina, on Feb. 3.

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Tillerson is received by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud prior to their meeting in the capital Riyadh on Oct. 22, 2017.

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Tillerson and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop take a garden walk at Government House for the 2017 Australia-US Ministerial Consultations in Sydney on June 5, 2017.

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Tillerson looks at Chinese President Xi Jinping walking to his seat during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 30, 2017. Tillerson met with China’s foreign minister in Beijing to discuss efforts to curb North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.

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Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson greets Tillerson outside Carlton Gardens in London, on May 26, 2017, ahead of their meeting. Tillerson was in London in an expression of solidarity, after Britain reacted furiously to leaks of sensitive details about the investigation into the May 22 bombing in Manchester, to U.S. media.

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg greets Tillerson upon his arrival for a North Atlantic Council meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers, at NATO headquarters in Brussels on March 31, 2017. Tillerson headed to Brussels to push Trump’s demand for NATO allies to boost defense spending.

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Tillerson delivers a statement during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry building in Mexico City on Feb. 23, 2017. Mexico vowed not to let the United States impose migration reforms on it as its leaders prepared to host Tillerson and John Kelly.

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Tillerson walks to board his airplane before departure at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, on March 17, 2017.

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Tillerson shakes hands with police officers and security personnel as he gets ready to depart from the Benito Juarez international Airport in Mexico City on Feb. 23, 2017. Tillerson and then Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly met in Mexico City with Mexican ministers who expressed “concern and irritation” over Trump’s combative stance on trade and migration ties with Mexico.

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Tillerson shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara on March 30, 2017. Tillerson was in Ankara for talks on the Syria conflict, just a day after Turkey announced that its military offensive was over.

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Tillerson and Trump wait for a luncheon with U.S. and African leaders at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 20, 2017 in New York.